Morality and Masculinity in the Carolingian Empire.

What were Carolingian noblemen told about the morality of war, power and sex, and how did they respond?.

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Author / Creator: Stone, Rachel.
Format: eBook Electronic
Language:English
Imprint: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2011.
Series:Cambridge Studies in Medieval Life and Thought: Fourth Series
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Local Note:Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2022. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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505 0 |a Cover -- MORALITY AND MASCULINITY IN THE CAROLINGIAN EMPIRE -- Title -- Copyright -- CONTENTS -- ILLUSTRATIONS -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- A NOTE ON TRANSLATION -- OFFICIALS -- LORDSHIP TERMINOLOGY (SEE CHAPTER 6, PP. 188-9) -- HOUSEHOLD TERMINOLOGY -- ABREVIATIONS -- Chapter 1 INTRODUCTION -- THE WAY TO HEAVEN -- STUDYING MORALITY -- MORALITY AND REALITY -- STUDYING MASCULINITY -- MASCULINITY AND 'CRISIS' -- DEFINING LAY NOBLES -- Chapter 2 MORAL TEXTS AND LAY AUDIENCES -- GENRES AND THE LAYMAN -- LAY MIRRORS -- Eric and Paulinus -- Matfrid and Jonas -- William and Dhuoda -- MORAL ADVICE FOR RULERS -- HISTORY AND BIOGRAPHY -- POETRY -- REGULATORY TEXTS -- LETTERS -- CONCLUSION -- Chapter 3 WARFARE -- CHRISTIAN TRADITIONS -- JUSTIFYING WARFARE -- THE RISE OF PEACEFULNESS? -- IMAGES OF THE WARRIOR -- Participation and bravery -- The limits of prowess -- Heroic death -- NORMS OF WARFARE -- Plundering -- Chivalry -- CONCLUSION -- Chapter 4 IMAGINING POWER -- THE MORALITY OF SOCIAL HIERARCHY -- MORAL HIERARCHY -- PRIDE -- NOBILITY AND VIRTUE -- NOBLE SELF-SANCTIFICATION -- THE CAROLINGIAN NOBILIS -- CONCLUSION -- Chapter 5 CENTRAL POWER -- COURTIERS -- The court as moral problem? -- Counsel-giving -- COUNTS AND MORALITY -- Obtaining office -- Behaviour in office -- JUSTICE AND THE LEGAL SYSTEM -- Law and power -- Moral responsibilities of judges -- Justice and mercy -- Parties and witnesses -- CONCLUSION -- Chapter 6 PERSONAL POWER -- CAROLINGIAN HOUSEHOLDS -- THE UNFREE -- LORDSHIP -- The ethos of lordship -- KINSHIP -- Husbands, fathers and brothers -- Kin and friends -- CONCLUSION -- Chapter 7 POWER AND WEALTH -- THE IMAGE OF THE RICH -- THE MEANS TO WEALTH -- THE MORALITY OF LAND -- Tenants and benefice-holders -- MORAL WAYS TO WEALTH? -- THE USE OF WEALTH -- Spending and giving -- CONCLUSION -- Chapter 8 MARRIAGE -- STUDYING MARRIAGE -- RAPTUS. 
505 8 |a INCEST -- Western exceptionalism -- The impact of regulation -- POLYGAMY -- DIVORCE AND REMARRIAGE -- CONCLUSION -- Chapter 9 SEX -- STUDYING SEXUALITY -- UNMARRIED MEN -- MARITAL SEX -- Lay views -- ADULTERY -- 'UNNATURAL' SEX -- Divergent discussions -- CAROLINGIAN SEXUAL DISCOURSES -- Pollution and scandal -- MASCULINITY AND SEX -- SEX AND THE SOCIAL ORDER -- CONCLUSION -- Chapter 10 MEN AND MORALITY -- REFLECTIONS IN THE LAY MIRRORS -- HOW CAN MEN BE MORAL? -- HOW CAN MORAL MEN BE MANLY? -- THEORIES OF CAROLINGIAN MASCULINITY -- Carolingian crises? -- TOWARDS EARLY MEDIEVAL MASCULINITY -- CAROLINGIAN REFORM AND GENDER -- Political culture and masculinity -- THE END OF THE CAROLINGIAN CONSENSUS -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- PRIMARY SOURCES -- INDEX. 
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650 0 |a Christian ethics -- France -- History -- To 1500. 
650 0 |a Moral education -- France -- History -- To 1500. 
650 0 |a Masculinity -- France -- History -- To 1500. 
650 0 |a France -- History -- To 987. 
650 0 |a France -- Social conditions -- To 987. 
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